Vendetta Online for GearVR is about to enter a round of pre-release testing, open to players who already have the required hardware (the older Galaxy Note 4 is not supported). The list signup can be found here:

https://www.vendetta-online.com/gearvr/

For any who are unfamiliar, the Samsung GearVR is a VR interface for certain Samsung phones. Our game specifically supports the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S7, Galaxy S6 Edge, S7 Edge, or Note 5. Those are currently the only phones currently supported in GearVR by Vendetta Online with mobile VR.

Although the idea of mounting a phone to your face may sound kind of silly, the GearVR actually works really well, and is pretty impressive.

We also strongly recommend a bluetooth gamepad! Like a SteelSeries, Moga Pro, Razer, Nyko, or other. The absolute cheapest bluetooth gamepad is this Sminiker thing from China, which we've never tested, but some people claim is actually usable (probably if you get one that works, which is sort of the risk with bargain off-brand hardware from China).

We have gone to great lengths to make it technically possible to play the Vendetta Online without a gamepad on the GearVR, to at least give an introductory appeal to a large market-share that doesn't have gamepads. But the gameplay experience is substantially degraded compared to what you can do with a gamepad. Any serious VO player should have a gamepad, with GearVR.

Once we accumulate some testers, we'll push out Keys to people, which may then be redeemed via the Oculus App on your GearVR-enabled phone.

signed up. have a samsung S7 and moga pro power. I have been waiting excitedly for this!

Signed up as well. Note 5 with an ipega 9021 controller.

Is there a forum where we can post feedback?

You should have received an email that explains the feedback process, along with your code? For the moment, we'll just do it directly via email.

After awhile, we may move it to a forum.

Are u still taking beta testers? I'm not getting the confirmation email.

We accepted a round of beta testers a month ago, and we may do another round next week.

Great. I'll try again next week

Getting on board too. Choo Choooo!

We're working on getting the next Beta round going.

Awesome. First impression of the GearVR is very positive. Looking forward to VO-ing with it :)

If I sign up will you send me the required hardware?

No :)

I might be interested in this, however I lack the hardware. What would you recommend? I'd like to at least check out the costs, you list several as "supported" but which would YOU use Incarnate?

So, the Galaxy S7 is probably the one to get right now, although honestly the performance on the S7 is not better than the S6, for our game. Hopefully there will be an update someday with better drivers from Qualcomm, as the 820 chip is theoretically better. The S7 is the primarily focus for Oculus, so I suspect that's where you want to be.

John Carmack recommended avoiding the "edge" models, because they don't seal up as well in the GearVR headset and there's more light leakage around the outside of the phone. I haven't tried the "edge" models.

If you want a phablet-sized thing, the Note 5 seems to work ok. We have one of those, and it tests out alright.

I'm using a note 5 and it works great with the gear vr and vo. Any word on client separation?

We have a new app that provides client separation; I had to hold it from going out to testers this weekend, when I discovered some problems in testing. Then we found another issue on Monday and resolved that with a new APK last night.

I have to send out a totally new set of keys for this "new app" (now called "Vendetta Online VR"), which will probably go out to testers later this evening.

Any news on intaking new testers? I am keen to VO via VR (try saying that drunk!)

Did you sign up to the list? I sent out all the emails earlier this week, to everyone who had signed up.

I did, but no email
I will re-signup